Death Note Isn’t About Justice. It’s About Power

A video essay about Death Note, French existentialism, punitive justice, and how the Japanese criminal justice system fails its citizens. Chapters: 0:00 - 0:22 intro 0:23 - 2:59 Part 1 Chapter 1 Light Yagami: The Man and the God. 3:00 - 6:32 Part 1 Chapter 2 Death Note: A Literary Analysis 6:33 - 10:41 Part 2 Chapter 1 Japan: Crime and Punishment 10:42 - 14:09 Part 2 Chapter 2 Corruption in the Land of the Rising Sun 14:10 - 19:19 Beyond Kira: Angela Davis and the Criminal Justice System